The Hotflash inc podcast
Hotflash inc is an evidence, expert and human-experience driven podcast looking for the true truth in perimenopause, menopause and beyond.
In more than 100 episodes menopause and midlife journalist and host Ann Marie McQueen has spoken to a wide range of experts from around the globe, including practitioners, activists, researchers, doctors and industry leaders about this perplexing transition we still know too little about. She’s talked about her own frustrations and personal experiences. And she has connected with a perimenoposse of powerful women in the midst of a perplexing transition.
Hotflash inc is among the top 1.5 percent of podcasts in the world according to Listen Notes. It was named the number one podcast in women’s health in August 2023 by GOODPODS.
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165: SOLO Let's maybe cool it a bit on the supplements
This week’s solo episode is all about supplements – the good, the bad, and the potentially dangerous. I open up about my own rocky road with pills, powders, and tinctures, including the time I returned a popular fat burner in the early 2000s and, more recently, when I accidentally took five times the recommended dose of desiccated thyroid.
This episode is both a cautionary tale and an invitation to slow down, listen to your body, and ask what you really need – beyond the bottle. If you’ve been gagging on supplements, feeling unwell despite taking “all the right things,” or questioning what’s working and what’s not, this is for you.
Episode highlights:
- That time I levitated from a fat burner (and returned it in a rage)
- How Ephedra was banned after high-profile deaths
- What early sensitivity to supplements taught me (and didn’t)
- When supplements become a security blanket
- The Maca incident that triggered spotting and emotional chaos
- “Why didn’t you rest?” – the question that (started to) change everything
- Genetic testing, fatigue and falling back into old patterns
- Stage 2 hypertension and a terrifying headache
- The wakeup call
- Supplements vs. food – what we’re getting wrong
- What symptoms are really telling you
- A call to self-kindness and slowing down
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